Rise of Australia

Chapter 330 Expansion of the Shipyard

In the eyes of his younger sister Miaka, Tesla saw the expectation and desire, hesitated for a while, and finally nodded in agreement with Arthur's request.

Seeing that Tesla finally agreed to stay and work in Australasia, Arthur nodded with satisfaction and said with a smile: "Mr. Tesla, welcome to the Australasian family. The Royal Society for Physical and Chemical Research has many people like you. Such a top expert, I believe you will have a lot of good common topics."

The establishment of the Royal Australasian Society of Physical Chemistry is to provide a good research environment for these top physical and chemical talents recruited from Europe and the United States.

So far, the total number of members of the Royal Society of Physical Chemistry has exceeded 100. These hundreds of people are all well-known physical chemistry experts in Europe and America.

These experts are Australasia's top talent pool in physical chemistry.

These people are doing all kinds of research, which is also of extraordinary significance to Australasia.

This is why up to now, the annual research funding of the Royal Society for Physical and Chemical Research has reached more than 300 million Australian dollars, and the average research funding for each person is nearly 3 Australian dollars.

3 Australian dollars, this is definitely not a small number.At the exchange rate, that equates to £1.5, or $7.5.

Before the war started and the depreciation rate of the currencies of various countries was not so fast, the value of 1.5 pounds was equivalent to two kilograms, or a full four catties of gold.

Of course, the research funds of each member of the Royal Society for Physical and Chemical Research also have high and low points.

Famous talents like Einstein and Tesla will naturally enjoy a higher proportion of research funding.

Of course, most of the research funding for these talents is provided by Arthur additionally, and it is not included in the total research funding of the Royal Society for Physical and Chemical Research.

At present, the Royal Institute of Physical and Chemical Research has cooperated with many universities in Australasia, and members of many research associations have also become honorary professors and lecturers of these universities.

Of course, as the president of the research association, an expert at the level of Einstein directly became the honorary dean of the physics department of the Australasian National University.

While researching, these experts from the research association also occasionally give lectures at the universities where they are employed to train future mid-to-high-end talents in the physical and chemical industry for Australasia.

At present, the talent training system in Australasia has basically matured, and talents in all aspects also have the ability to cultivate independently.

Whether it is technical schools blooming everywhere, or various universities specializing in mid-to-high-end talents, it has become very common in Australasia.

If high school education was already very valuable in Australasia ten years ago, then for Australasia today, the truly valuable and valuable talents are those graduates from technical schools and universities.

Tesla nodded and agreed to join the Royal Society for Research in Physical Chemistry in Australasia.

There are still many top talents from Europe and America in this association, and Tesla is also looking forward to joining such a top academic association.

Finally, under the slightly expectant eyes of the Miaka family, Arthur promised that someone will pick up the Miyaka family tomorrow, and after they have settled in a place to live in Sydney, they will be in a place closer to where they live , to find jobs for them with better salaries.

Of course, it is also necessary to find a place to live for Tesla.Now that Tesla has agreed to join Australasia, he can't be wronged to live in a cheap hotel.

Fortunately, the size of the city of Sydney is constantly expanding, and some vacant properties can be seen everywhere.

Settling in with Tesla and Miaka's family is still no problem, and they can even move into the new house the next day if they want to.

After successfully wooing Tesla, Arthur was in a good mood, and immediately rewarded Tesla and Miaka's family with [-] Australian dollars each, allowing them to buy some furniture and decorations after moving into the new house in the past two days. Start a new life well.

As for Tesla's remaining two sisters who are still in Serbia, Arthur promised that they will all be brought to Australasia within two months, and they will also enjoy the treatment of the Miaka family.

After returning to the palace, Arthur summoned the Kent steward, and asked the Kent steward to contact David, who was far away in Europe, to take charge of bringing Tesla's two younger sisters and their families to Australasia.

The Balkan War has entered a state of peace because of the signing of the contract.

This is also a good thing for Tesla's two younger sisters and their families. After all, only Serbia in a state of peace allows them to come to Australasia easily.

Of course, even if Serbia was at war, it would not be too difficult for Arthur to get Tesla's two younger sisters and their families to come to Australasia.

After all, Arthur and Russia are related by marriage, and Russia is the supporter behind the Balkan countries.

Even for the sake of Russia, Serbia will never detain two ordinary civilians.

After meeting with the Kent steward, Arthur knew that with the support of the royal consortium and the government, the shipyard in Australasia would also begin a large-scale expansion.

Prior to this, there were more than a dozen large-scale shipyards across the country in Australasia.

But except for the Royal Dockyard in Sydney, most of the other shipyards are products of the colonial period of Australia and New Zealand, and their main business is only to build sailboats and small fishing boats.

The vast majority of these shipyards can build ships with a tonnage of no more than 50 tons, which are only some small and medium-sized civilian ships.

And there are only three shipyards in Australasia that can build warships.

In addition to the Royal Shipyard, the remaining two military shipyards can only build coastal defense gunboats, small frigates and other warships weighing no more than a thousand tons.

This is a huge limitation for Australasian naval development.

Taking the current development status of the Royal Shipyard as an example, after receiving naval orders from Russia and Chile, the Royal Shipyard has entered a state of full-capacity construction. In a short period of time, it will not be able to undertake domestic orders from Australasia at all. .

Although the construction level of the Royal Shipyard, the level and scale of skilled workers are definitely world-class.

But the problem is that the shipbuilding industry in Australasia only has the Royal Shipyard as a facade.

This is very unhealthy for the development of the navy, and the expansion of new military shipyards is imminent.

The Royal Dockyard is 100% owned by the royal consortium and belongs to the private property of the royal family.

The background of the two newly expanded shipyards is a joint venture between the government and the royal family.The royal family holds 40.00% of the shares, and the government holds 50.00% of the shares.

In the expansion plan given by the royal consortium, the royal consortium and the government will jointly invest 2000 million Australian dollars to expand the Melbourne shipyard and Auckland shipyard, so that these two shipyards have the ability to build at least [-] tons of main ships.

Of course, in addition to the 2000 million Australian dollars, the Royal Dockyard will provide part of the shipbuilding equipment and staff support, and in a short period of time, provide some expert technical support for the two newly expanded shipyards.

The good news is that the shipbuilding industry in Australasia has successively received strong support from Germany and the United Kingdom, and there is no shortage of skilled workers and mid-end technical experts in the industry.

Even as long as the European war does not break out, Australasia will be able to continuously receive technical support from the United Kingdom to keep its shipbuilding level at the top of the world.

Before the outbreak of World War I, the expansion of the shipyard in advance can also get help from the British, and the progress will be slightly accelerated.

Even if it goes well, judging from the time when World War I broke out in history, Australasia should still have about two years to go.

With the help of the British Empire, it is possible for the two shipyards to have the ability to build [-]-ton main warships in about two years.

Of course, in theory, Australasia also had good development time and opportunities in the years when World War I broke out.

After the end of World War I, it was also possible to introduce a group of military technical experts from the defeated countries in Europe to strengthen the technology of military factories and shipyards.

If the construction goes smoothly, Australasia should be able to have three shipyards for the construction of super dreadnoughts after World War I.

This is helpful for the plan to expand the navy wildly after World War I, so that the strength of the army and navy will reach the level of the great powers.

Cooperating with the industrial level of Australasia, although it may not be as large-scale industrial development as Britain, Germany and the United States, warships are like dumplings, and it is completely possible.

On October 1912, 10, because the first batch of shipyard equipment purchased from the United Kingdom had arrived and approved by the cabinet government, the expansion plans of the two major shipyards, Melbourne Shipyard and Auckland Shipyard, also officially started.

Although the expansion of these two shipyards was jointly participated by the royal family and the government, it can actually be divided into government funding, and the royal family providing equipment, employees, and technology.

The expansion plan of the shipyard is still relatively important. Arthur also went to inspect the Melbourne Shipyard and Auckland Shipyard, and personally attended the groundbreaking ceremony of the expansion of the two shipyards.

The good news is that the British are very supportive of the development of Australasia's shipbuilding industry, and even many shipyard equipment are sold at a lower price than the market price.

Moreover, the British government also promised that it will dispatch a team of experts with more than 200 people within three months to support the expansion plans of the two major shipyards in Australasia.

Among the two hundred experts, in addition to experts in shipyard design and construction, there are also experts in shipbuilding, warship design, and so on.

This is a good compensation for the two major shipyards with insufficient background.At least during the period when these experts supported Australasia, the two shipyards were able to learn a lot and prepare themselves for future battles on their own.

Arthur still doesn't know that the British government has decided to strongly support Australasia to check and balance the US plan that has formed a climate on the other side of the Atlantic.

But in any case, the British can strongly support Australasia, which is very helpful to the current development of Australasia.

Arthur was also worried that if the Royal Dockyard allocated some equipment, skilled workers, and experts, although it could speed up the expansion of the Melbourne and Auckland shipyards, it would also affect the Royal Dockyard's construction of naval orders.

But now, with the help of the British, this problem is naturally solved.

British equipment and technical assistance arrived much faster than expected. In mid-October, the first batch of expert teams came to Australasia and went to the two major shipyards to participate in the expansion of the shipyards. design.

Most of the problems in the expansion of the two major shipyards were solved by the British, and Arthur was also happy to be at leisure. Under the supervision of the government and the Kent steward, he appropriately delegated power to British experts.

There is also good news for the Australasian government that the construction of the second phase of the Leonora Industrial Site is nearing completion.

The construction of the second phase of the Leonora Industrial Base started in 1910 and has been under construction for nearly three years.

Compared with the construction of the first phase, the scale of the second phase has tripled.

This also allowed the construction area of ​​the second phase to reach more than [-] acres, and the construction area alone was as high as [-] acres.

In addition, it also has more than 200 acres of green construction and road construction, as well as improving the sewage problem of the industrial base.

If nothing else, the second phase of the industrial base will have at least [-] standardized factory workshops and more than [-] large storage areas.

This also means that at least one hundred large factories and hundreds of small factories can be settled in the second phase of construction.

In order to meet the employee needs of so many factories, the government has transferred a large number of immigrants to Western Australia in advance, and even the surrounding South Australia state also has a lot of immigrants.

In addition, there are several technical schools that have reached cooperation with the industrial base.

These technical schools can train skilled workers in various aspects for industrial bases. They can not only recruit employees for industrial bases from other places, but also retrain skilled workers in industrial bases so that they have stronger technical capabilities.

Judging from the construction status of the second phase of the industrial base, if nothing unexpected, the second phase of construction should be completely completed around November to December, and the factory can be settled in and officially put into production from next year.

If the settlement of the factory and the recruitment of workers are relatively smooth, the combined construction of the two phases of the Leonora Industrial Base will already be the largest industrial base in Australasia, and it will be the most advanced and diversified, involving aspects and The most comprehensive and integrated industrial base in the industry.

By that time, the Leonora industrial base could also be called the Ruhr area of ​​Australasia.

Because according to the planning of the first and second phases of the industrial base, the construction of the two phases of the industrial base should add up to hundreds of factories and at least 20 skilled workers.

Here will become the industrial center of Australasia, and also the base of chemical industry, coal industry, machinery industry, textile industry and so on.

Judging from the current situation, the Leonora industrial base should be able to have nearly 20 employees and hundreds of factories and enterprises before the outbreak of World War I. Australasia is well prepared for various productions in the war .

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